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Diana Wilkie
Professor
Diana Wilkie has devoted her research program to cancer pain and sickle cell disease management, palliative care and end-of-life issues.
Cancer Pain Palliative Care End-of-Life Issues
Chengguo Xing
Professor/Associate Chair
Chengguo Xing's research has the long-term goal of developing solutions towards effectively managing human diseases.
Tobacco Use and Cessation Lung Cancer Risk Kava Lung Cancer Prevention
Laura Acosta
Senior Lecturer
Laura Acosta specializes in clinical nutrition care, diagnosing malnutrition and the integration of fitness and nutrition.
Clinical Nutrition Dietetics Fitness Green Tea Malnutrition Nutrition Tea Catechins Wellness
Darcy Adin
Clinical Professor
Darcy Adin is interested in the management of congestive heart failure in dogs and medical therapies to improve life for pets.
Canine and Feline Congestive Heart Failure Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease Diuretics Dilated Cardiomyopathy Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
Mazen Al-Mansour
Assistant Professor/M.D.
Dr. Mazen Al-Mansour is an expert in abdominal wall and hernia surgery, focusing on the use of minimally invasive (e.g. robotic) surgery.
Gastrointenstinal Surgery Robotic Surgery Abdominal Wall and Hernia Surgery Minimally Invasive Surgery
Meryl Alappattu
Research Assistant Professor
Meryl Alappattu's research interests include chronic pain, pelvic pain, rehabilitation and women's health.
Chronic Pain Pelvic Health Physical Therapy Pelvic Pain Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Women's Health
Afsar Ali
Research Associate Professor
Afsar Ali researches disease spillover from environment to humans and how to mitigate cholera and diarrheal diseases.
Diarrheal Disease Cholera Algal Blooms Flesh Eating Bacteria Environmental Disasters Diarrheal Pathogens
Benjamin Anderson
Assistant Professor
Benjamin Anderson's expertise includes pathogen discovery and the use of novel virus surveillance techniques.
Pathogen Discovery Virology Respiratory Viruses Public Health One Health Epidemiology Emerging Infectious Diseases Global Health Zoonoses Environmental Health Aerobiology
Jeanette Andrade
Assistant Professor
Jeanette Andrade has a long-term goal to create nutrition education tools to improve renal outcomes and delay the initiation of dialysis.
Evaluation Chronic Kidney Disease Chronic Disease Nutrition Education
Juan Andrade Laborde
Associate Professor
Juan Andrade Laborde develops sustainable strategies and technologies that can be used to deliver nutrition to vulnerable populations.
Food Aid Micronutrients Internatinal Development Human Nutrition Food Science and Technology Food Fortification